Chimney Structure

[NJinspector]

Two out of the three flues were closed off, but I just cant figure out what they did structurally in the attic. Looks like a mess to me.

Curious what the, more experienced, brethren have to say

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[Erby]

They took an old single flue chimney, cut it off in the attic and stacked junk on it to make a bigger more impressive three flue chimney on the outside.

[Jim Katen]

They took an old single flue chimney, cut it off in the attic and stacked junk on it to make a bigger more impressive three flue chimney on the outside.

How do you know it wasn't built like that from the get go?

[emalernee]

Jim,

You can see smooth faced brick coming up from the attic floor and then it is concrete headers and cement block till it reaches outside where it transitions to a wire cut brick. House about 80-90 years old, before cement block were used for chimneys.

Just my read of the picture.

[Neal Lewis]

How old is the house. Was this an add-a-level?

My house in NJ is 80 years old and the chimney was built with concrete block.

[John Kogel]

They took an old single flue chimney, cut it off in the attic and stacked junk on it to make a bigger more impressive three flue chimney on the outside.

How do you know it wasn't built like that from the get go?

Builders only recently got that sloppy?

I suppose an artist could be proud of that creation. But it doesn't look like something a mason would do, do ya think? []